Robert Edwards Carterca. 1840
Robert Edwards Carter was the artist’s uncle. Conservation of this miniature was made possible through a generous grant provided by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee. More about this work
About this work
Robert Edwards Carter was the artist’s uncle. Conservation of this miniature was made possible through a generous grant provided by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee.
Text from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
How it was made
- Watercolour on ivory
- Thin sheets of ivory gave watercolour a luminous, skin-like glow, which made them the favourite support for portrait miniatures from the early 1700s.
- Watercolour
- Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.
Sarah C. Frothingham
born 1821-died New York City 1861
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Smithsonian American Art Museum has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1928.1.2
- Credit
- Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Type
- Painting-Miniature
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
